how can I be a pilot?

Question

I am 16.and I am a girl.I like this cours but my parents dont let me to be a pilot.my uncle died 3 years ago.he was a pilot and his plan demolished.my mother and father afraid of this.I am the only child that they have.they afraid to lose me but I dont afraid of this.I wanna be a pilot.what should I do and How can I say them that they shouldnt be worry about me?

Answer 1

Starting a Career as an Airline Pilot
To be a pilot for hire, you need a commercial pilot certificate. You earn your certificate by passing commercial pilot ground school and logging at least 250 flight hours, with allotted time dedicated to certain conditions and maneuvers. After you have logged your hours and passed your written ground school test, you will need to pass a check-ride. A check-ride is something like the driving test we take to get our driver's licenses. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) examiner asks you to plan a flight, quizzes you on aviation matters and then accompanies you on a flight. As in a driver's license test, the examiner requests that you execute certain maneuvers and directs your flying throughout the entire flight. If everything goes well, the examiner issues you a commercial pilot's certificate.
Additionally, a commercial pilot needs an up-to-date first- or second-class medical certificate, an instrument rating and a multi-engine rating. For you to receive a medical certificate, an Aviation Medical Examiner must verify that you meet the health and fitness requirements to be a pilot. You need to get an instrument rating to fly with low visibility (in adverse weather and in clouds). You receive an instrument rating by passing instrument ground school, logging a specified amount of instrument flight time (flying without visibility) and passing an instrument rating check-ride. To fly planes with multiple engines (most of the planes in commercial use), you need to have some lessons and pass a multi-engine check-ride. At some point, most airline pilots also get an airline transport pilot certificate. This highest pilot certificate allows you to be the pilot in command (the captain) of a large commercial aircraft. It requires that you pass a written test, have a first-class medical certificate, are a high school graduate and have logged 1,500 flight hours including 250 hours as the pilot in command.

Answer 2

I understand why your folks would be concerned. Some of the things you can do are study the rules of piloting and the physics of flying. You can buy flight simulators ie: programs which put you in the pilot's seat of any airplane and learn the controls and instruments of the aircraft. When you are 18, your parents can't stop you from becoming a pilot. BUT they sure as hell ain't gonna finance you or support you in an occupation which they consider risky. You sound like English is not your first language, but since English is the universal language of piloting in every country, you might want to study it.

Answer 3

Sorry hon but I agree with your parents...but if you love being around the planes then there are a lot of ground jobs...you can do aeronautical engineering or aircraft maintenence engineering and then work on the designing working of planes at research labs..and the aircraft companies hire engineers for maintenence and stuff.

Answer 4

You are in control of your own destiny, if you want to be a pilot go for it. The more persistant you are with your dream, the more accepting your parents will become.

Answer 5

Then follow what You want
Dont let them control you you have a freedom of choice.
technology in the future will save you My child....

Answer 6

give your parents a break (they deserve it), there's so much out there to do besides flying at age 16
address this again when you are 25-30 and your parents have enjoyed having you around a bit longer

Answer 7

go to flight school.

Youre going to have to deal with your parents on your own, but do what makes you happy.

Answer 8

my daughter just informed me of that same choice. she's not my only child but my concerns r the same as ur parents.

doesnt matter wat u choose or do w/ ur life, we will always worry and be nervous, frazzled and concerned. we as parents have to deal w/ ur choices and cut the apron strings.

u wont understand til u have ur own kidz. but as i told my daughter... if that's ur choice and its wat makes ur heart happy, then go 4 it and dont kill urself.

Answer 9

go to flight school

Answer 10

do what you want, but i think it cost thousands and thousands before you get it